psychology

2. all of the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
3. the smallest units of meaning in a language.
8. the ability to think about a problem or idea in new and unusual ways come up with unconventional solutions to problems.
10. a linguist who believed that a language does more than describe a person’s
12. a mental image of best example of a category.
17. just trying any method to solve an answer. Ex. typing in random
18. a specific problem.
19. just coming up with the answer, the “aha” moment
22. posing a question or wording a phrase in such a way to persuade someone’s
23. a type of thinking in which problem solvers devise a number of possible alternative approaches to problems and multiple solutions, it involves taking risks.
26. breaking things down from broad to specific. Superordinate (broad category), basic (most common), or subordinate
27. having preexisting positions or beliefs about events, people, etc

1. one-word phrases babies make around the age of 12 months
4. combining words to make meanings (like deep processing).
5. a linguist who argues that young children possess an innate capability to
6. and produce speech.
7. coming up with new ideas
9. he could invade Russia when no one else has ever successfully done it.
10. argues that language acquisition is based on the principles of operant
11. a logical, step-by-step procedure that, if followed correctly, will eventually
13. the smallest distinctive units of sound used in a language.
14. to figure out a pin number for an ATM card.
15. babies imitate sounds and then are reinforced. ***Nurture point of view.
16. the tendency to be more confident than correct. Ex. Hitler
20. some concepts fit into a group because of their definition. Ex. by definition, a triangle has 3 sides
21. thinking about thinking
24. The way we communicate meaning (spoken, written, or gestured) to ourselves and others
25. an organized mental framework about a particular topic, event, object, idea, setting or group of people.